ANAHEIM – The Capistrano United Coyotes swift and strong assimilation into the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League continued Wednesday night at the Honda Center as four Coyotes became the program’s first all-stars.

“This was a good experience. It was pretty fun playing in front of that many people and being able to hang out in the Honda Center,” Fricks said.

Coyotes coach Darren Gardner was also part on the coaching staff for the victorious Team Orange.

The game was won in an overtime shootout by Damien of La Verne’s Alex Kalau, who also scored twice and assisted on two goals in regulation. Kalau, a three-time all-star, was named MVP after the game.

“It’s awesome, especially that it’s my senior year and it’s my last all-star game it’s pretty cool,” Kalau said. “It’s an honor to be MVP with all those good players out there, like there’s a ton of really good hockey players out there so it’s pretty cool.”

In their first season of existence, the Coyotes are currently second in Division 2A, trailing Los Alamitos by just two points. Capistrano United has only lost once thus far and Vernon came into Wednesday’s game with the best save percentage in Division 2A.

Reed, the Coyotes’ leading scorer, entered the all-star game leading Division 2A in assists, tied for fourth in goals and second in points. He did a little bit of it all Wednesday night, scoring once and assisting on another goal.

Reed’s goal came in the third period when a nice pass up the seam sent him in on a breakaway. The talented scorer didn’t waste the chance, beating the goalie to give Team Black a 7-5 lead with 10:09 left in regulation.

A few minutes later, Reed’s teammate Hasse tied things up at 7.With 4:45 left, Hasse took a drop pass from Kalau and confidently found the back of the net to even the score.

Once regulation ended, 8-8, Hasse had a chance in the shootout but couldn’t convert. One round later, Kalau ended it.

Fricks said it wasn’t too tough gelling with a new set of teammates for the all-star game.

“We all know each other so it was pretty fun playing with all of them,” Fricks said. “We kind of understand how each other play so it wasn’t too hard. …

“It was really fun just playing in front of all the people, hanging out with people you normally wouldn’t play with, I know we got two different divisions playing in the same thing so people you normally don’t play with you were able to hang out with and play with in the same locker room, it was a good experience.”

Reed also won the speed skating competition during the first intermission with a time of 15.53 seconds for two laps around the ice.

The Coyotes return to league play tomorrow against Villa Park at 4 p.m. at Anaheim Ice before playing an exhibition against Orange Lutheran, outdoors at Dodger Stadium, on Tuesday.

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